Export obligation removed by notification, customs duty demand invalidated; penalties under s.112 and s.114AA quashed due to inadmissible s.108 statem...
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The ITAT held that the assessee, a cooperative credit society (not an RBI-licensed bank), was not obliged to deduct tax at source under s.194A(3)(v) on interest paid to members for A.Y. 2014-15 and therefore could not be treated as an "assessee in default" under s.201(1). The Tribunal further concluded that no interest under s.201(1A) was exigible. Even accepting, arguendo, the lower authorities' treatment of the society as a bank, no statutory duty to effect TDS on members' time deposit interest arose prior to 1 June 2015. Consequently, initiation of penalty proceedings under s.271C was held to be erroneous.
The ITAT held that the assessee, a cooperative credit society (not an RBI-licensed bank), was not obliged to deduct tax at source under s.194A(3)(v) on interest paid to members for A.Y. 2014-15 and therefore could not be treated as an "assessee in default" under s.201(1). The Tribunal further concluded that no interest under s.201(1A) was exigible. Even accepting, arguendo, the lower authorities' treatment of the society as a bank, no statutory duty to effect TDS on members' time deposit interest arose prior to 1 June 2015. Consequently, initiation of penalty proceedings under s.271C was held to be erroneous.
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